G3997: πένθος (pénthos)

G3997 πένθος (pénthos)

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Quick Definition

πένθος, ους, τό n.n. mourning, sorrow

Strong's Definition

strengthened from the alternate of 3958; grief

KJV Usage: mourning, sorrow

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πένθος (G3997)

noun, n. | -ους | πενθέω

25.142 · Attitudes and Emotions · Laugh, Cry, Groan

to be sad, to grieve for, to weep for, sorrow, grief to experience sadness or grief as the result of depressing circumstances or the condition of persons

JAS 4:9 · REV 18:7 · REV 18:7 · REV 18:8 · REV 21:4

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πένθος, -ovs, τό, (πένθω [(?); akin, rather, to πάθος, πένοpat (cf. πένης) ; see Curtius p. 53; Vaniéek p. 1165)), fr. Hom. down, Sept. for 92x, mourning: Jas. iv. 9; Rev. ΧΨ11: 7860.; πὶ: 45 j

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πένθος penthos 5x

mourning, sorrow, sadness, grief, Jas. 4:9

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πένθος, -ους, τό,

[in LXX chiefly for אֵבֶל;]

mourning: Ja 4:9, Re 18:7, 8 21:4.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πένθος (penthos) — grief. πένθος, εος, τό, grief, sorrow, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινος for one, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Τρῶας λάβε π. [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. especially of grief for the dead, mourning, τοκεῦσι γόον καὶ π. ἔθηκας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ποιήσασθαι make a public mourning, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν πένθει [εἶναι] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. λύεσθαι, ἀποθέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. unhappy event, misfortune, π. τινός one's illfortune, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. of a person, a misery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔδωκε φέρειν, i. e. the body, [Refs]future of πάσχω, perfect πείσονθα, Lithuanian kenčiù 'suffer', pa-kantà 'patience'; πενθ- is reduced to πṇθ- (παθ-) in αἰνο-παθής, etc.)